Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-27

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N. NJ. HILLS,
County Sup't of Schools.
ELEMENTS TURNED LOOSE.
Wind, Electricity and Rain Combine to
Produce a Night full OF storm Ter
rors.
Last night was a memorable one in
the annals OF Ysnkton-memorable for
its calm end placid beginning and for
its wild and alarmingly hilarious small
hours. The evening was gentle and
soothing. The blnzing sun went out be-
hind the western landscape and sent
back a cooling breeze as it left this land
of boiling experiences and followed its
burninglpathway to the realm OF cur
antipodal fellow sufferers. Forth into
the shadowy twilight went the perspIr-
ing populace, on foot, on horseback and
or the cushions of comfortable carriages.
AhCy NhtAACd iObk Al VIC dCiiJiOu5
breezes of night and returning to their
domiciles sought their pouches With
~restful hopes, born of the belief that
phebos had thoughtfully sent them
boreas to soothe- their hours Of rest,
Boreas came in the later hours OF night,
but not in q soothing mood. He came
with the voice of the hurricane and the
force of the tornado. The atmosphere
was in a turmoil from one to two
o'clock and the populaoe was hanging
with grim desperation to its shutters,
its roofs and its hair. 1t was q wild H.
door and outdoor experience. The
raging gale subsidized and there came an
hour of comparative quiet, though the
heavens were all the time ablaze with
an electric light which asks no city fran
ohise and renders ne monthly bills.
During this interval the storm was
gathering itself together for the second
act of the nocturnal drama. When
everything was ready the curtain was
rolled up and the electrical business
began. For an hour the lightning
blfzad, the thunder crashed and the
armament shook in its boots. 1t was q
startling exhibition. Accompanying the
wind and the electrical display was Q
heavy fall OF rain. lasting until seven
o'clock this morning. The storm was
success all around.
The damage in the city 10 trees and
shrubbery was SO general that there il
hardly d grove, however small, from
which the wind did not rend leaves and
limbs, and even massive trunks. The
most dilapidnted looking place in thu
city is the Tyler lot on the northwes'
corner of Douglas end Fourth streets
There the wind took q firm hold on thu
tree tops and the morning light revealed
several sturdy cottonwoods badly shat
tered and the adjacent vacant space wa
almost covered with a mantle of Leave
and limbs. AT q. A, Wetter's on Doug
las, o healthy elm was twisted off ant
there must have been o rotary motion
to the breezes which struck this tree
VIM. Steers orchard IN west Yanktol
was badly stirred up end his harvest o
standard apples which promised to b.
large is reduced to- almost nothing. Th
chimney of e. T. Whites kitchen wa
blown off and Mr.. White was heard get
ting out OF bed by neighhors a block o
more away.
At the Box gardens fruit trees wer
nearly stripped. At NJ, p. .Ohlman's
window wa blown in. On the corne
of Third and Walnut a like disaste
occurred, and at Wagoneris music stor
the front doors were blown open and re
manned open until morning. EVerywher
in the city there are marks OF the storm
but no serious damage resulted.
The signal office instruments recorde
the wind velocity at ffty-four miles a
hour for a half hour. This is 1h
strongest wind we have had in man
years and recollection is that it ha
been exceeded only once before. Las
nights rainfall amounted to 1,32 inche
Sergeant Thompson was unable I
, measure the lightning. but it kept u
its end.
Only meagre reports have come
from the country and these include 4
damage. 1t is probable, though, thl
! corn has been fattened in many fields.
semi-Local Clippings.